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Best MSI Laptop Diwali Sale Deals (2022) We have included the five best MSI laptop deals you can grab during the Diwali season in India. No matter if you are looking for a budget laptop for office work or a powerful gaming laptop with Nvidia graphics, MSI has you covered. 1. MSI Modern 14 The Modern 14 is MSI’s most affordable offering that currently costs just Rs 42,990. Now, it may be affordable, but it’s got everything you need in a work laptop....

boAt Wave Ultima: Specs and Features The boAt Wave Ultima gets a 1.8-inch curved display with 550 nits of brightness and the Always-on-Display (AOD) functionality. The edge-to-edge screen is also crack-resistant. There are a number of watch faces and even ringtones to choose from. The watch comes with a built-in HD speaker and a high-sensitivity microphone, along with support for Bluetooth version 5.3 for better connectivity during calls. You will be able to access your contacts via the watch too....

Boat Xtend Smartwatch Launched in India Key Specs and Features Boat Xtend comes with a touch-enabled 1.69-inch square LCD panel with support for auto-brightness. Users can choose from over 50 watch faces in the boAt Wave app to customize their smart wearable. Coming to the USP of the device, the Boat Xtend comes with built-in Alexa support that lets users check the weather, set reminders, alarms, ask questions, and even get live cricket scores right from the watch....

AMD Ryzen 6000 Series Processors Announced Starting with the Ryzen 6000-series laptop processors, they are now based on the company’s upgraded “Zen 3+” core architecture and TSMC’s 6nm process to deliver better performance and reduced power consumption. The company says that the new Ryzen 6000 CPUs will offer a 40% reduction in power consumption and around 28% improvement in performance compared to its previous components. The new Ryzen 6000 processors also switch to RDNA2 integrated graphics to offer advanced features like support for DirectX 12 Ultimate, 50% larger GPU compute engine, hardware-accelerated ray-tracing, and 2 times larger L2 caches....

Krafton Unveils its First-Ever Virtual Human! Krafton recently shared an official press release to show off “Ana,” its first-ever virtual human. As per the company, Ana is powered by hyperrealism, rigging, and deep learning. They say that Ana was developed through the hyperrealism production of Unreal Engine, and hence, has a hyper-realistic appearance. At first glance, one could easily assume that it’s a real human being rather than a digital character....

This Drone Can Fly As Well As Swim Underwater! Researchers at China’s Beihang University recently developed a unique drone that can not only fly but also swim in shallow waters. There is also a specially-designed suction cup on it that enables it to attach itself to any object or living thing in the air as well as underwater. “My original thought was ‘let’s find a point where we can beat nature....

The ExoMy rover is essentially a DIY Mars rover that is based on the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosalind Franklin rover that was supposed to land on the red planet this year. It is a 16-inch robot that you can build right at your house using a 3D printer. Now, even though it is a much smaller version of the Rosalind Franklin rover, the ExoMy inherits a lot from its older sibling....

In a recent tweet (below), the “Cyberpunk 2077” developers confirmed that there will be no microtransactions in the game. The developers tweeted out a statement back in early 2019 that there will be “no microtransactions” in the game. However, due to the constant concerns among the fans, the developers retweeted their earlier tweet with the statement “Nothing changed. Cyberpunk 2077 is a single-player game with zero microtransactions. One single purchase....

Disney+ Now Supports SharePlay Starting from today, Apple users will be able to stream thousands of movies and TV shows on Disney+ while on a group FaceTime video call on iPhones, iPads, and other supported Apple devices using SharePlay. The digital streaming giant says that the feature will be available for all users across the world and will be compatible with every movie and TV show on its library. This includes content from Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, and National Geographic....

The company introduced the App Tracking Protection tool via an official blog post recently. In the post, DuckDuckGo cited a report by AppCensus and mentioned that 96% of popular free Android apps contain hidden third-party trackers. Amongst those, 87% of the apps send user data to Google, while 68% sent data to Facebook, which is now known as Meta. The company also highlighted the fact that while Apple’s iPhones and iPads now come with the App Tracking Transparency feature to prevent third-party trackers to track users, there is no similar feature for Android users....

The incoming name change will be one of the most significant changes in the company since its introduction. It will mark the company’s transition from a social media platform to a massive conglomerate with various other companies under a unified umbrella. So, Facebook will just be another product of the new entity rather than the whole company – just like Google is for its parent Alphabet. The company did a similar thing back in 2019 when it introduced a new logo to represent all-things Facebook....

Fire-Boltt Ninja Call Pro Plus: Specs and Features The Ninja Call Pro Plus enables Bluetooth Calling with the help of a microphone and a speaker. It also allows users to access call logs and store favorite contacts for easy dialing. The smartwatch has a square dial and sports a 1.83-inch display with a screen resolution of 240×284 pixels. There’s access to a number of watch faces too. The Ninja Call Pro Plus has support for a heart rate sensor, a SpO2 sensor, and a sleep tracker too....

Fujitsu CH-Series Laptops: Key Specs and Features The new Fujitsu CH-series notebooks include two models – the 4ZR1H03552 and the 4ZR1H03553. Both the models come with the same specs and features, except for the display. While the 4ZR1H03552 comes with a 13.3-inch Full HD OLED display, the latter has a Full HD IGZO panel of the same size. Both the panels have a maximum resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels, support 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, and have a peak brightness of 400 nits....

Google Pixel 5a Is Not Cancelled Merely a few hours after the Pixel 5a cancelation rumor spread online, Google had to step in to rebut the rumors. The company issued an official statement, with a Google spokesperson confirming, “Pixel 5a 5G is not canceled. It will be available later this year in the U.S. and Japan and announced in line with when last year’s [Pixel] a-series phone was introduced.” Now, Prosser did not mention whether it was canceled for all market or some....

Google Pixel Watch New Leaks Emerge The folks at 9to5Google found a reference to the “PIXEL_EXPERIENCE_WATCH” tag in a Google app, which indicates that Google will stick to the Pixel branding for its smartwatch. This means that the rumored Pixel Watch moniker could be true. Another interesting detail revealed is that the Pixel Watch will come with support for what is called the “next-gen Google Assistant,” which debuted on the Pixel 4....

The recent situation escalated when Kannadigas found that Google shows Kannada as the result for the “ugliest language in the world” search query. Following this discovery, Aravind Limbavali, the Minister of Forest for the Karnataka government, took to Twitter to lash out at Google. Limbavali shared a tweet thread from his official Twitter handle stating that Kannada has been the “pride of Kannadigas” for almost one-and-a-half millennia. So, Google marking it as the “ugliest language in India” is merely an attempt by the Mountain View giant to insult their pride, wrote Limbavali....

If you haven’t been out of the loop, you would know that Google’s Pixel phones in the past have been powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets. Last year’s Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a 5G relied on the Snapdragon 765G for processing power. However, that changes with the Pixel 6 series. Google is finally taking a page from Apple and Samsung’s book to include its own Tensor chipset in its flagship smartphone....

HDMI vs DisplayPort We are doing a feature-by-feature comparison of the two options. The comparison will be between the latest versions of both i.e HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 2. If there’s any particular topic you think is more relevant to you, use the table below to jump to that topic. You can directly move to the situational conclusions for faster choice too. But we suggest you follow it thoroughly to make a better choice between HDMI and DisplayPort....

Now, on stage at the launch, Apple only announced the US pricing of the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models, starting at $1,899 and $2,499 respectively. However, merely minutes after the event ended, the India pricing of the new MacBook Pro models with M1 Pro and M1 Max chips has gone live. So, if you are wondering – how much will the new MacBook Pro lineup cost in India?...

Now, keep in mind, this feature is only available in the developer and public beta of iOS 14.2, which I am currently running on my iPhone X. So, for those running the official version of the software, just wait a few days for the public release of iOS 14.2. However, if you are running the latest public or developer beta of iOS on your Apple device, then you can surely try out the new “Shazam” tile in the control center....